Underwater marine life

submit your photos of underwater marine life. Eg. fish, sharks, corals.... great chance to use any zoo, aquarium or fish tank shots that you have. subjects must be in the water. eg. in the case of a seal it must be in the water and not on land. No humans in the photos.

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Hello Diverfr. I think the winning pic is great. I also just saw your pic and I think it's fabulous two. In fact I liked a lot of pics from all over the ranking spectrum. It's obvious thought that there has been sandbagging here. I don't understand how anyone would give 0,5 stars in some of the top pics, unless this has been intentional. Anyhow, people, I'd say not to overestimate the importance of the challenges. Keep shooting and posting and share your (our) pics, with no bitter feelings at the end.

Hmm, I personally think (and it is a biased opinion), that the right shot won the challenge. Why that? I am still a photography beginner, but I started with uw-photography and so I know there are many difficults. For example color loss due to deepth and no hard ground to stand on. Many shots here are clearly aquarium shots and so it was simply less challengeing to shoot them.As for the macro shots of the nudibranches... They are really nice (especially the one with the "wings"), but, as a diver, my heart is much more attached to the big rays, sharks and whales (as I said I am biased here). Keep also in your mind that a ray moves much faster then a... well... slug, so it is hard to shoot in the right moment.

Although, since I am keen to learn (no irony), I would like to know which shot did you like best and why?